Plant Finance Placement Student Review

Item: Plant Finance Placement Student at Cummins
Rating: 4.8
Author: Anonymous

at Cummins

Placement (10 Months+)

Finance

Darlington

Review Submitted: May 2026

Overall Rating

4.8 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

AP - queries relating to the payment of suppliers
AR - invoicing
VDM - supplier scrap recovery
Month End - Journals and Recs
Adhoc projects

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

A lot

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

IT
Problem solving
Communication
Presentation

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

5/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

Manager and mentor we both able to give different perspectives.
Teammates were extremely supportive if i ever had any questions or a needed to put in a meeting to understand something

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

4/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

10/10

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

4/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

5/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

9/10

Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

5/5

Please rate how your experience met your expectations

5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?

Yes

What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins

It is a great place to work and a big enough company to be exposed to a lot of different functions and experiences. Everyone is very willing to help and the culture is amazing